Place:

Longford
Shropshire

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
described Longford like this:

LONGFORD, a parish in Newport district, Salop; on a branch of the Birmingham and Liverpool canal, 1¾ mile W of Newport r. station. It includes the townships of Brockton and Stockton. Post town, Newport, Salop. Acres, 1,306. Real property, £2,478. Pop., 214. Houses, 36. The manor, with Longford Hall, belongs to R. ...

N. Leeke, Esq. A Roman settlement was here. The parish is a meet for the Hoar Cross hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £415.* Patron, R. N. Leeke, Esq. The church is modern, and has a tower; and part of the previous church adjoins it, and contains monuments of the Talbots.

Longford is now part of
Telford and Wrekin
district.
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Telford and Wrekin has changed over two centuries.
For statistics about Longford itself,
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How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth,
History of Longford, in Telford and Wrekin and Shropshire | Map and description,
A Vision of Britain through Time.